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[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

The work week can get overwhelming, and not everyone has the time to dive headfirst into the poker world’s top stories every day. Weekend warriors rejoice! You’ve just flopped the nuts because the Nightly Turbo is introducing a special weekly edition. Pre

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[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

The atmosphere here at the Empire during day 1b of the WSOPE Main Event has been rather subdued in comparison to yesterday’s day 1a. Then again, most of the people that congregated yesterday were probably all employed by Philius Maximus Hellmuthius to make it look like he had fans. Either way, it looks like people actually believe that strange fallacy that Sunday is a day of rest because rail birds are few and far between.

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[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

I recently returned from a 10-day trip to Indiana. The first part of the trip was spent at the Hollywood Casino (formerly Argosy Casino) in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The new $336 million facility is more than twice the size of its former vessel.

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[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

I recently returned from a 10-day trip to Indiana. The first part of the trip was spent at the Hollywood Casino (formerly Argosy Casino) in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The new $336 million facility is more than twice the size of its former vessel.

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[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

Party Gaming lost a member of its Board of Directors last week, when Non-Executive Directors Emilio Gomez stepped down from his post for personal reasons. The official statement from Party Gaming announcing his resignation made no mention of a future replacement.

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[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

Day 1A of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event played out on Saturday. When the smoke cleared, Brian Powell and Team PokerStars Pro member Jason Mercier led the field, which began with 156 players.

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[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

On Saturday afternoon, CBS Sports aired the second of two episodes of the PokerStars.net Ante Up for Africa tournament that played out during the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo festivities.

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[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

When I think of Iron Man, three things come to mind: Ozzy Osbourne, a comic book, and Matt Savage.

In 1970, Ozzy Osbourne’s heavy metal band, Black Sabbath, recorded a single titled “Iron Man.” The song became an anthem for headbangers…

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[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

Day 1b of the WSOPE Main Event is underway here at the Empire in Leicester Square and everybody is here…that is everybody who wasn’t here yesterday.

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[27 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

For both serious and casual online poker players, Sundays are (hopefully) a long grind. For those who don’t want to play in a meditative state, music can be the perfect middle ground between total silence and the distraction of television. Don’t…